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Today's Newsletter: Some Vital Statistics for Educators

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They also predict a decrease in spending on self-paced online learning which would seem to indicate an increase in spending on mediated or teacher directed online learning. Thirty-three percent of college students are taking at least one online course according to the Center for Online Education.

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Research examines blended learning, student achievement

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New white paper explores effective instructional models and course customization benefits. By 2016 a projected 5 million students will be enrolled in online courses. Systems of assessment, instruction, intervention, and monitoring tools. • Use of frequent, meaningful interactions and embedded feedback.

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How 2Revolutions is Helping Schools, Districts, and States Support Future of Learning Models

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In 2011, Rubin and Kern co-authored and released, Designing The Future of Learning, a white paper focused on the transformation taking place in the educational system. Since 2012, all of 2Rev’s offerings provide a blended experience, including face-to-face sessions as well as online learning opportunities.

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?Blockchain, Bitcoin and the Tokenization of Learning

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Take LiveEdu , for example, a Y Combinator-backed online learning company that touts itself as being the “next-gen Lynda.com,” referring to a platform that offers online courses and skills training. According to the company’s white paper , EDU tokens will initially cost about $1 USD per 12 EDU tokens.)

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MIT Professors Propose a New Kind of University for Post-COVID Era

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They released a white paper yesterday called “Ideas For Designing An Affordable New Educational Institution,” where they lay out a framework for essentially a new class of university that would take advantage of various trends that have emerged in the past few years. It’s unclear whether anyone is ready to step in and build an NEI.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“The UK government has published its 2016 HE White Paper, entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice,” the Times Higher Education reports. For what it’s worth, Richard Hall’s response makes for better reading than the white paper itself.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Congratulations, Class of 2016 , from The New Yorker: this week's new yorker cover is ruthless pic.twitter.com/B7UUvkPbir — adam hamze حمزة (@adamhamz) May 24, 2016. ” From the NASBE : “Trends in Student Data Privacy Bills in 2016.” They don’t even write white-papers , man.